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Old 01-01-2005, 11:13 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Though we can see, we are really blind?

In 1950, Jan Hendrick Oort proposed the existence of a cloud 10,000 - 100,000 AU from the sun. (Named the Oort cloud) that surrounds our solar system. The cloud contains trillions of loose lumps of dust and volatile gases, near-perfect examples of the stuff planets were made of.

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All facts are from Discover magazine. Nov 2004 issue
Now. My question is, if this cloud surrounds our solar system. Does it not hinder our view of what lies beyond?
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